Door.



T. KUNDTZ.

DOOR

APPLICATION FILED APR, 22, 1912.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914 mmmm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEOIlJOR KUND'IZ, or CLEVELAND, o-HIo."

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I," Trmonon' KUNDTZ, a citizen of the-Unite'd-States of America, residingat Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors;

and I hereby declare the following to' be a.

full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in I 6 theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in doors, and more especially to a door adapt ed for use on an automobile or vehicle and 1*5 comprising a wooden'frame reinforced'and metal bar formed independently of the plate instrumental in forming the outer side of the door, and to have a portion of said bar adapted to abut against a door-stop upon slamming the door shut.

Another object is to prevent strain dur ing theslamming of the door into its closed position on said plate and on the devices I employedin securing said bar to said stile.

-With the'se objects in view, this invention consists'in certain features of construction,

and combinations and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter de'wribed, pointedfout in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. 1

40 In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of la' 'ortion df an automobile or vehicle tiong .Figl'2 is a horizontal section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is 'drawn onalarger 4.5;scaletha1i, Fig.1. a p

' Referring to the drawings, A' indicates .thebod of an automobile or vehicle'pro- 'vided with a lateral-aperture or doorway 4 for receiving my improved door which com prises a woodenframe which as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, is composed of a hanging [stile B, a' lock-stile (land, two rails D and E 1 ,extendinglbetwee'n the two stiles; j-The stile Cis shownin solid line'sin'Fig. ,Thestile;

G is provided at'its forward edg'e'and inner side with a rabbit 5 which h as one wall '6 i Specification of Letters Patent.

,lapping the wall 6 of the rabbet 5 and formmg a shoulder which faces in the direction A-at one side .-"offl the doorway 4 centrally ed with a door' embodying my inven- {A are too'wel-l known inthe art to re Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed llpril 2 2, 1912. Serial No. 692,354.

thereof facing in the direction of the innerside of the door and arranged centrally between the lnner and outer sides of the door. 3

- The stile C is reinforced and protected atits go forward edge byametal bar Gr which abuts against-and extends transversely of or covers said edge, as shown in Fig. 2, and has a central-portion g abutting against or overof the inner side of the door and is adapted in slamming the-door shut to slam against a stop forming shoulder a formed on the body betwenthe inner and outer sides of said body, which-shoulder faces in the direction hf the outer side. ofsaid body and is ar ranged: to beoverlapped by the aforesaid portion 9 of the bar (x in the closed position of the door. 4 The bar G is provided at the inner side of the stile C with an inner flange 7 which abuts against or overlaps the inner side of said stile. The bar G is provided at the 0 outer side of the stile C with an outer flange 8 which projects forwardly of the forward edge of the stile C and is arranged substantially flush at its outer side with the outer side of said stile. The outer side of the g5 door is formed by a metal plate H which covers the euter side of the stile C and the outer side of the'outer flange 8 of the bar C and is-flanged. as at it, over the inner side of-said flange of said bar.

The bar G is secured to the stile C by nails or'securingdeviccs K and L. In Fig. 2 a nail K is shown extending from within the flange 7 into the-stile C, and another nail L is shown extending into said stile from. 5 within said bar between the rabbet 5 and the outer side of said,stile. vIn the closed. position of the door the portion 5/ oi thel ar G- is in contact with the shoulder a on he body A, but the flange-h is spaced from the 10 .outerlside of said body in said position of the door so that the finish of the extdrior hf said body is not injured or marredby saiid flange in slamming the door shut. The application of a lock and hinges to the door and the attachment of the door to the body l quire description in this specification. x It will be observed that by my improved construction the relative arrangement of the 119 "parts is such that the door does not abut against theouter'side of the body Ain the closed position of the door, but that the bar (i is adapted to abut centrally between its flanges 7 and 8 against the door-stop a; that tho flange 7 and the central portion 9 of the bar (1 oilectivcly prevent strain on the nails or securing devices K and L in slamming the door shut, and that the bar G and the plate ll are made and applied with facility. It will also be observed that the flange 7, overlapping the inner side of the doorl'rame, presents a smooth corner, and when upholstering or anycovering (notshown) is applied to the inner side of the door, liability of said upholstering or covering becoming out or Worn, due to racking of said door when being slammed shut or when the vehicle is in motion, is prevented.

What I claim is:

The combination, with a vehicle-body having a doorway and stop-forming means arranged bet-ween the outer and inner sides.

stile provided with a metal bar which is secured to the forward edge of and reinforces, l

and protects said stile, which bards .prosided between the outer and inner sides of said stile with stop-forming means adapted to engage the stop-forming means on the bodyin the aforesaid position of the door, said bar having a flange. which is arranged at the outer side of said stile and projects forwardly of the forward edge of said stile, the door also comprising a metal plate which forms the outer side of the door and has a. portion thereof flanged over the inner side of the aforesaid flange, said flanged portion of said metal plate extending opposite but being spaced from the outer side of said body.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODOR KUNDTZ \Vitnesscs:

B. C. Brown, H. L. MoDorzm-inii. 

